Iranian National Identity and How to Strengthen it Through Social Policy-making
Keywords:
National Identity, Iranian National Identity, Social Policy-making, State of the Islamic Republic of IranAbstract
National identity is the most important type of collective identity that plays an essential role in creating national solidarity and political stability and therefore, the emergence and spread of the national identity crisis at the level of the society can seriously challenge the national solidarity and stability and national security of the countries. Based on this, the states try to strengthen their people's attitude towards their national identity by taking measures, one of the most important measures is the fair distribution of resources and privileges. The basic point here is that states do this through the social policy-making process, and if it is properly implemented, they can increase the tendency of their people towards their national identity. Accordingly, in today's Iran, the proper implementation of social policy-making is one of the necessities facing the State of the Islamic Republic to strengthen the tendency of members of Iranian society to national identity. This issue is because, in general, social policy-making as a public need has not been given as much attention as it should during the Islamic Republic period and we are facing the ineffectiveness of this policy and the existence of class gap and economic and social inequalities in the country; Therefore, the state of the Islamic Republic of Iran, by correcting the social policy-making and implementing it correctly, can destroy the mentality created in many members of the Iranian society, especially the members of the ethnic groups, that there are discriminatory policies and as a result, cause To strengthen their tendency towards their national identity.
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